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Dac is occupying his customary mid-week slot today. I actually found this puzzle towards the tougher end of the Dac spectrum and had trouble with the intersecting 10-letter lights at the heart of … Read more >>

It is a while since I have either solved or blogged a puzzle by Tees, so I found myself wondering quite what to expect. What I got was a puzzle with two highly … Read more >>

This is my first Friday blog of 2017, but no surprise to find that it is a Phi-day! I found this to be a medium difficulty puzzle, which I made steady progress through … Read more >>

Knut has provided today’s puzzle, which has turned out to be a tribute puzzle. It doesn’t take long to release that Knut is paying his own personal tribute to UK singer-songwriter George Michael … Read more >>

Dac has supplied the first Wednesday puzzle of the year, as he has doubtless done on many previous occasions. This was a rather gentle introduction to solving and blogging in 2017 for me. … Read more >>

Hob has provided the last Thursday puzzle of 2016 and thus occupies my last blogging slot of the year. I think that this was a worthy puzzle to bring my blogging year to … Read more >>

Phi’s latest offering rounds off the working week and heralds the transition to the seasonal jumbos in various newspapers and magazines. It is unlike me ever to spot a theme in a Phi … Read more >>

Alchemi’s latest puzzle awaited solvers this Tuesday morning. If I look back at my previous blogs of Alchemi puzzles, they all talk about struggling to get started and needing to chip away at … Read more >>

It wouldn’t quite be Wednesday without a Dac, would it? My apologies for the disgracefully late posting, which was caused by my unexpectedly having to replace a colleague who fell ill this morning. … Read more >>

Today’s puzzle has been supplied by Hob, a relative newcomer to the Indy fold. I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle, with its ingenious but not overly demanding treatment of the theme of queens. The … Read more >>

Typically, Phi has provided the last of this week’s mid-week puzzles. I expect there to be a theme here that I simply haven’t spotted. Given the grid, I felt sure that there was … Read more >>

Scorpion has produced today’s puzzle for our stimulation and delectation. Tuesday’s puzzle often has a theme to it or a Nina around its perimeter, although I have found no trace of either, despite … Read more >>

Dac is where he belongs this week, occupying the Wednesday compiling slot. I found this particular puzzle to be towards the easy end of the Dac spectrum and made swift progress through it. … Read more >>

This Thursday morning has seen my first blogging encounter with Serpent, who appears to be a fairly new supplier of Indy daily cryptics. For me, this was an enjoyable puzzle pitched at exactly … Read more >>

Phi is occupying his usual Friday slot today. Personally speaking, I found this towards the easier end of the Phi spectrum and didn’t come unstuck with a handful of clues at the end, … Read more >>